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No, but BeOS has been influenced by many operating systems. You may notice a lot of other-OS-isms within BeOS. Our engineers come from lots of backgrounds, and we have implemented the ideas we like best. In relation to UNIX, our system sports bash from GNU as a command line interface, and a POSIX compatibility library. With many of the GNU applications ported to the BeOS and available from the bash command line, we have what for many people is a reasonable replacement for UNIX. We're hoping that enterprising developers will port and distribute all the other whizzy UNIX-derived commands we don't get to. We have a nearly complete POSIX layer to make this easier. Many of our graphic interface elements are based on interface component ideas we had while using other operating system environments, and some concepts come from ideas started on other operating systems. Back to Section Listing | Contact Support | Support Home

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